Ben Burns
Hello! I am a first-year CSE PhD student at Georgia Tech advised by Peng Chen. My research interests lie broadly in the mathematics of machine learning and generative modeling. Until recently, I was an undergraduate at UMass Amherst studying math and CS, and was honored to be advised by Markos Katsoulakis and Benjamin Zhang.
I am passionate about computer science education, especially for introductory courses. During my time at a UMass, I was an Undergraduate Course Assistant (UCA) for Formal Language Theory, a Head UCA for both Algorithms and Foundations of Programming, and a UCA program coordinator. I am proud to have been recognized with one of the inaugural Lifetime UCA awards.
blog
- [2024-07-15] Navigating the UMass CICS Course Requirements
- [2024-05-21] Advice for UMass Math/CS undergrads interested in research
- [2024-04-21] UMassCTF 2024 writeups
- [2023-06-25] "Missing Skills" not taught by the UMass CICS curriculum
news
- [2024-08-19] I started my PhD at
- [2024-06-24] I presented a poster at CAIMS 2024.
- [2024-06-17] This week I am attending QMSS 2024 at Queen's University.
- [2024-05-01] I was honored with one of the inaugural Lifetime UCA awards.
- [2024-04-20] I authored four challenges for UMassCTF 2024 this weekend.
- [2024-04-19] I presented our mean-field games approach to SGM in the UMass Theory Seminar and at Mass URC this week.